I'm sure he can easily hit 130, but it's not his style of serving. he'd need to slow it down a bit because he moves it around the box like crazy. I've never seen anyone use so much of the box like he has.

One motion one toss so many different ways the ball goes. Angles spins, pace. That serve was the ultimate. The tough part about that serve though is basically you just about saw it twice. 1st and 2nd. So wicked I tell ya.

Strange question. His fastest serve was clocked at 138mph at Wimbledon way back in 1998.

I understand he can regularly serve over 130mph with the new frame. He was regularly serving over 130mph during the 2002 US Open final. But he likes to reduce the pace to get the angles often. Like the greatest fast bolwers in cricket, he's the ultimate server.

Now baseball fans, do pitchers have the same philosophy as great fast bolwers and great servers, ie moving the ball around to fool the opponent, as the ball doesn't hit the deck in baseball how do pitchers do it?

One of his serves was clocked at 136 mph last year in his exhibition match against Courier. I saw it in person. And that was to the sideline. If he had hit it down the T, it would have been clocked even higher.

Now baseball fans, do pitchers have the same philosophy as great fast bolwers and great servers, ie moving the ball around to fool the opponent, as the ball doesn't hit the deck in baseball how do pitchers do it?

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Yes, if you throw a straight fastball, even 100mph down the middle, it is gonna leave the park in a hurry.

Pitchers hit corners, throw different pitches curve, slider, change, in addition to cutting or sinking their fastballs, throwing them not as fast but so that they tail.

Set up pitches with other pitches.

You can be far more strategic in baseball because you get 4 balls and 3 strikes. So you can waste pitches.

Sampras has said that when he went to a larger frame he added more power to his serve and forehand. He also said that he wanted more power to his game and that was a reason why he switched to a 90 from an 85.

Sampras has said that when he went to a larger frame he added more power to his serve and forehand. He also said that he wanted more power to his game and that was a reason why he switched to a 90 from an 85.

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Lets keep this in perspective. Sampras is playing exos, and on the senior tour. "His game" as you call it is long gone.

Additionally, Sampras would reach the 130 mark with an 85 strung with 18g gut, and at 72 lbs tension. Oh, and he could also hit it with 5000+ rpm's of spin.

That is not saying he would hit 130 on every serve. But when he wanted, he could reach back and hit that mark.

Oh, and the frame he is hitting with is not much different than the 85.

I'm sure he can easily hit 130, but it's not his style of serving. he'd need to slow it down a bit because he moves it around the box like crazy. I've never seen anyone use so much of the box like he has.

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Yeah Roddick could learn something like that. Also who is that chick in your avatar. It isnt Kournikova is it?

Still the best serve in the world, although Karlovic might argue with that. Definitely the best serve under 6'10", let's just say that. I've never seen clutch serving like with Sampras. When Roddick is down break point, you usually expect him to get broken. With Sampras, you don't even consider that possibility.

How fast do you think Samprass can hit his fastest serve with that big racquet he using?

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Actually, during the exhibition, I remember one of his serves was 212 km/h. I guess it stuck in my head because that's the degrees of boiling water. Anyways, when you convert it to mph it's about 132 mph.

I'm sure he can easily hit 130, but it's not his style of serving. he'd need to slow it down a bit because he moves it around the box like crazy. I've never seen anyone use so much of the box like he has.

One motion one toss so many different ways the ball goes. Angles spins, pace. That serve was the ultimate. The tough part about that serve though is basically you just about saw it twice. 1st and 2nd. So wicked I tell ya.